Pop Up Exhibition: Christopher Meerdo

Pop Up Exhibition: Christopher Meerdo

Using the Miller Gallery on CMU's campus as the space, I created a concept for a pop up exhibition featuring Christopher Meerdo. The goals were to incorporate engaging interactions within the space and to give the visitor just the perfect amount of information so that they are interested in the work but don't feel like they've seen everything.

First, I went to the Mattress Factory Museum and discovered Meerdo's work. The work that caught my eye was "Active Denial System", a series of sculptures featuring reflective fabric. The pieces were created through photogrammetry, a process through which a series of photos are read by a 3D modeling software.

Wanting visitors to understand Meerdo's photogrammetry process and ideas behind his work, I chose to feature a video about Meerdo at the start and an interactive photogrammetry station at the end of my exhibition, where visitors could try the program out for themselves. As a reference to the reflective material in the photos and to guide visitors through the space, I put reflective tape on the floor, throughout the gallery and even outside to lure in more guests.

Below, on the left is a parti diagram, showing the pathway through the space, as well as each distinct area. On the right is an overhead view of my physical model of the gallery space.